Mesorat%20hashas for Avodah Zarah 50:8

שאלו להיכן הולך ירחיב לו את הדרך כדרך שעשה יעקב אבינו לעשו הרשע דכתיב (בראשית לג, יד) עד אשר אבא אל אדוני שעירה

If the idolater asks him where he is going, he should say towards a place beyond his actual destination, just as our father Jacob acted towards the wicked Esau; as it is written, “Until I come unto my lord to Seir” (Genesis 33:14),

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